Pleurodictyum

Pleurodictyum is an extinct genus of tabulate corals, characterized by polygonal corallites. Colonies commonly encrust hard substrates such as rocks, shells and carbonate hardgrounds.

Pleurodictyum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MicheliniinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feeder, photosymbioticPBDB, for Tabulata
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Tabulata
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Tabulata
Vision
blindPBDB, for Anthozoa

Time the record covers

At least 80 million years on record.

The record covers at least 426.7 Mya to 346.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 443.1 Mya to 298.9 Mya.

Ordovician — about 0 of 187 occurrencesSilurian — about 14 of 187 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 167 of 187 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 5 of 187 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 0 of 187 occurrences446–441 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences441–436 Mya — about 2 occurrences436–431 Mya — about 3 occurrences431–426 Mya — about 4 occurrences426–421 Mya — about 4 occurrences421–416 Mya — about 11 occurrences416–411 Mya — about 28 occurrences411–406 Mya — about 14 occurrences406–401 Mya — about 11 occurrences401–396 Mya — about 12 occurrences396–391 Mya — about 19 occurrences391–386 Mya — about 34 occurrences386–381 Mya — about 32 occurrences381–376 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences376–371 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences371–366 Mya — about 2 occurrences366–361 Mya — about 3 occurrences361–356 Mya — about 2 occurrences356–351 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences351–346 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences346–341 Mya — about 2 occurrences341–336 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences336–331 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences331–326 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences326–321 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences321–316 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences316–311 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences311–306 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences306–301 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences301–296 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences426.7 Mya346.7 Mya446 Mya296 Mya

187 occurrences of Pleurodictyum on record, most of them in the Devonian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

187 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

69 formations

Ludlowville — 42.80°N, 78.85°WLudlowville — 42.85°N, 78.64°WLudlowville — 42.83°N, 77.81°WLudlowville — 42.96°N, 78.13°WLudlowville — 42.80°N, 77.27°WLudlowville — 42.78°N, 76.99°WLudlowville — 42.86°N, 76.51°WLudlowville — 42.73°N, 76.71°WLudlowville — 42.84°N, 76.33°WLudlowville — 42.76°N, 75.54°WMount Ida — 36.77°S, 144.77°EMount Ida — 37.00°S, 144.00°EMount Ida — 34.42°S, 145.60°EMahantango — 40.50°N, 77.25°WMahantango — 40.05°N, 77.52°WMahantango — 40.33°N, 76.92°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.17°WMahantango — 40.42°N, 77.00°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.50°N, 85.75°WJeffersonville Limestone — 38.25°N, 85.77°WGydo — 33.30°S, 21.83°EGydo — 33.52°S, 24.74°EGydo — 33.77°S, 20.92°EGydo — 33.31°S, 22.43°EGydo — 34.01°S, 23.46°EOnondaga — 42.92°N, 78.25°WOnondaga — 42.95°N, 76.17°WOnondaga — 42.96°N, 78.74°WRacine — 43.05°N, 88.01°WMoscow — 42.82°N, 78.68°WMoscow — 42.75°N, 77.15°WMoscow — 42.67°N, 76.95°WReun Ar C'Hrank — 48.40°N, 4.48°WBeechwood Limestone — 38.26°N, 85.63°WBoola Beds — 38.15°S, 146.47°EGladbach — 50.00°N, 7.00°ELipeon — 24.00°S, 65.00°WKartal — 40.90°N, 29.18°ECano del Oeste — 10.50°N, 72.50°WSilica — 41.72°N, 83.72°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WBaton River — 40.00°S, 174.00°EJaycox — 42.85°N, 77.83°WJaycox — 42.89°N, 77.70°WJaycox — 42.82°N, 77.29°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 38.92°N, 116.50°WRabbit Hill Limestone — 39.20°N, 116.42°WCoopers Creek Limestone — 38.15°S, 146.47°ESkaneateles — 42.87°N, 77.87°WMaradana Shale — 33.20°S, 148.68°ELos Espejos — 30.25°S, 68.75°WCatavi — 17.40°S, 66.15°WCatavi — 15.50°S, 68.00°W

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The named rock units Pleurodictyum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 45 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 20 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pleurodictyum and its relatives

Devonian

Where Pleurodictyum and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

1,474 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 155 sites for Pleurodictyum, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

69 references

Each of the 187 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 57 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Pleurodictyum

Credit
Wilson44691
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
Licence
CC0 Public Domain
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itMicheliniinae through timeFormations of the DevonianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Goldfuss 1829